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I am set up for failure.
Now don't get me wrong--I'm no pessimist. In fact, the opposite: I hope far more than is healthy. I dream while awake, I imagine what could be--I am in love with the world and its possibilities, but endlessly disappointed in reality.
I stole that block of text from my favorite website on the internet, Bear, because I thought it fit so perfectly. I am in love with the whole damn world, and it's ruining me.
But that's it, I think--dreams make the reality better. It's the optimism that keeps it from overwhelming you.
Because really, when you get down to it, don't they blur a little? Aren't they one and the same? I don't know who that girl in those pictures is, yet I know her so well...
I'm not sure.
My hopes for this year (let's see them happen...please)
-To keep up with exercising, by which I mean three times a week. Dance, skiing, the gym--for keeping this goal, I have a very special reward for myself...
-To write a short story and get it published.
-To keep in touch
-To spend more time studying
-To spend more time appreciating what I have
-To be outdoors more
-To take more pictures
-To listen more
-To exceed Flickr's photo uploads monthly
-To remain a mystery, to open up
-Happiness. Always.
Maybe it's my fever, but I feel ever so slightly detached right now. And it's not so unpleasant. With the large amounts of stress on me daily, it's nice to break away and be that optimist, where everything goes the way I would like in my daydreams.
It may not be tonight, but it may be tomorrow. And what better reason to keep going?
I may be set up for failure, but how I love the world.
How I love the possibilities...
Outfit deets: dress-H&M, band jacket-H&M, floral leggings-Urban Outfitters, gold earrings-thrifted
"It won't happen tonight, will it Hazel-rah?"
-watership down richard adams
7 comments:
amber! hey there! just NOW saw that you left a sweet little comment on my blog :). really digging your blog!!!
j.
This was a great post! Don't think that just because you have hopes and dreams that they'l be shattered by reality. Some people don't have any and are only left with reality. And it's not always pretty. Good luck with your goals! I'm sure you'll achieve them!
And I love your outfit here!
clothedmuch.blogspot.com
to keep in touch, that is one my resolutions.
where would we be without dreams??? they give us direction i think.
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I love your post! I just found this blog. Good luck with your goals! I need to write mine down so I'll focus in on them. I'm sure you'll do great. Optimism is a blessing for sure, not everyone knows it.
freshbrownies.blogspot.com
inspiring blog :) happy new year to you !
you look gorgeous in that red dress. and sometimes i have a little bit too much hope in the world as well, only to end up disappointed over and over again. but then again, i think it's better to have too much hope than too little :)
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